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She Told Me Not To Go

from Dark Harvest by Malcolm MacWatt

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In this song Mother Nature, Gaia or feminine intuition urges the menfolk not to destroy the planet for profit. We didn’t listen of course and now the UK is officially one of the world’s most nature-deplete countries.

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I left my woman on dry land, my best harpoon was in my hand
As I set out for a year at sea to hunt the whale in waters deep
She told me not to go
Leave the beasts to swim in peace, don’t go to sea no more

The tide was high at the Port of Leith, our hunting ground the great south sea
The north wind filled our eager sails, we seek our fortune and the whale
She told me not to go
You can be a man with your feet on land, just leave the whale alone

CH: She told me not to go, not to go, not to go, not to go
But my ears and my eyes and my heart and my mind all said no

When we arrived at the killing grounds, the whales were blowing all around
Blue water quickly turned to red when all the whales we caught were dead
She told me not to go
This bloody toil for the sake of oil, will damn your very soul

I left my woman on dry land, my offshore bag was in my hand
Flying out to the cold North Sea, to drill for oil and gasoline
She told me not to go
Will you not learn, we will crash and burn, we don’t have long to go

Well here we are in a few more years, the seas are dead and the air’s not clear
The water isn’t safe to drink, our greed has pushed us past the brink
She told me not to go
Now it’s too late, to close the gate, she said I told you so

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from Dark Harvest, released January 25, 2024

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Malcolm MacWatt London, UK

“MacWatt will doubtless be considered among the best of the new breed of folksingers and songwriters, who speak of the past as a way to perhaps understand it and move forward” Stephen Rapid, Lonesome Highway

“He shines as a singer and he shines as an interpreter of the eternal folk songbook,” Tom Brosseau, The Great American Folk Show, North Dakota
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